Dr Susane Giti had joined the Army Medical Corp as a captain in 1986
- She was adorned with the major general’s badge by Chief Army Medical Corp’s Dr Susane Giti has become the first woman in the country’s history to become a two-star general in Bangladesh Army.of Army Staff Gen Aziz Ahmed and Quartermaster General Lt Gen Md Shamsul Haque at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday, according to a media statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate.Other senior military officials were also present at the function.
- With her promotion, which the ISPR dubbed a new era in Bangladesh Army, haematology specialist Maj Gen Giti will take over the command of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology as its commandant.
- A 1985 Rajshahi Medical College graduate, Dr Giti joined the Army Medical Corp as a captain in 1986.
- In 1996, she became the first woman to receive an FCPS degree in haematology, according to the ISPR.
- Maj Gen Giti, who currently heads the pathology department at the Armed Forces Medical College, has also served as a pathology specialist in various UN peacekeeping missions and military hospitals, it said.
- Her husband Brig Gen (retd) Asadullah Md Hossain Saad was also a successful army doctor.
- Dr Giti’s promotion was a step further in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s attempt to attain gender equality, read the ISPR statement.
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